HOBOKEN — Mayor Dawn Zimmer has been named to President Obama’s task force on climate change preparedness.

“I am honored to be a part of this initiative and look forward to sharing our experiences and lessons to help make communities nation-wide more resilient,” Zimmer, the only New Jersey representative on the team, said in a statement Friday about her selection to the task force.

Referring to the devastation Hurricane Sandy wrought in Hoboken, Zimmer added, “One year ago, our community experienced the kind of disaster that will become more and more frequent as a result of climate change.”

President Obama signed the executive order Friday, creating the “Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.”

The leaders of the task force — the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality and the director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs — selected 16 local officials, mostly mayors and governors, to be on the team.

Over the next year, the group will identify vulnerabilities in communities and make plans to protect towns against extreme weather and other climate-related dangers, the order states.

At the end of next year, the task force will provide recommendations to the president and the Council on Environmental Quality about how to better coordinate with federal agencies to improve access to funds and what tools work best in preparing communities for climate-change issues.